Overview
This 3-day gorilla trekking tour in Uganda leads you to Bwindi Impenetrable national park in Southwestern Uganda. Bwindi is one of those parks with remarkable diversity, carpeting the margin of the Albertine rift valley for thousands of years. In the process it has accumulated remarkable biodiversity, thanks also to an 1147m altitudinal range that accommodates habitats ranging from lowland forest at 1,160m to rare Afromontane vegetation above 2,600m.
Safari Summary
- Day 1: Transfer from Kampala/Entebbe or Kigali to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 2: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- Day 3: Transfer/drive back to Kampala or Entebbe International Airport or Kigali
The park is part of Bwindi Impenetrable forest, a grandeur that acts as home to the rare and endangered star of the impenetrable show: mountain gorillas. The park also hosts several other species with counts estimated at 310 butterflies, 200 trees, 51 reptiles, 88 months, 120 mammals, and 350 bird species.
There also several other primates, among whom are chimpanzees, L’Hoest’s monkeys, blue monkeys, and others. With a total of about 21 families habituated for tourism as of December 2018, and with 5 tracking locations (Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga, Nkuringo and Mgahinga)